How a Chopin piano competition helped me find joy in a dark world - FIRST PERSON: It’s called the Olympic Games of the piano ...

There was something about the slower pace of life during pandemic-era lockdowns that invited me to explore the introspective and generally calming world of nocturnes. I enjoyed sight-reading through ...

Today's Video of the day is a performance of Chopin's 'Nocture No.13 in C minor' by Tom Hicks. His recording of the Complete Chopin Nocturnes is being released on 1 August on Divine Art. He’s taken a ...

This season is the senior debut season. I have prepared hard with a fluttering heart, as I have waited a long time for this. The music for the new program of Shin Jia (17, Sehwa Girls' High School), a ...

FORT WORTH — Every so often a concert feels particularly special, one you’re grateful to be experiencing. That’s how it was with pianist Piers Lane’s recital Saturday night at Texas Christian ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Shortly before COVID-19 hit, comedian Aidan Jones picked up a keyboard a friend was giving away. When the lockdowns set in, his ...

This story is being updated daily through June 1 with reviews of the semifinal round. FORT WORTH — The first two rounds of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition ended Sunday, May 25, with ...

Chopin’s heart, sealed in stone and sent home across borders, echoes a quiet defiance – a reminder that even in exile, the soul can return where it belongs Some stories cling to you not for their ...

A recital by Evgeny Kissin in Carnegie Hall is a regular event—and “event” is the right word. A Kissin recital is an event because of the stage seating (the overflow crowd on the stage). But also ...

Rowan Atkinson isn’t exactly known for sentimentality, but when asked to pick the one book he’d take to a desert island, he chose a comic classic he first read as a teenager. Appearing on BBC Radio ...

In a solo recital for the San Francisco Symphony’s Great Performers Series, Kissin shows his deep affinity for two radically different composers. Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin, seen here at Italy’s ...

We’re in a mock-up of a 19th Century Parisian salon as the pianist, in frock coat and frills, performs one of the most acclaimed and poetic pieces in the classical musical canon on a baby grand, ...